tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post6785527460155203501..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Mike to Skeptics: A Student in Every SeatPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-49113130355525414532009-04-13T14:28:00.000-04:002009-04-13T14:28:00.000-04:00Anonymous -- there are only 25,000 new seats in th...Anonymous -- there are only 25,000 new seats in the proposed five year capital plan. For every new charter school that is formed, classroom space is lost because of the need for new administrative and cluster spaces. Not to mention that charter schools are allowed to cap class sizes and enrollment at much lower levels.<BR/><BR/>meanwhile, class sizes are rising throughout the city in our regular public schools, the overcrowding is getting even more extreme, and Kindergarten students are being put on waiting lists for their zoned elementary schools.<BR/><BR/>Where will these 100,000 charter school seats come from? And how many students at traditional public schools will be shut out of their schools or face even more overcrowding as a result?Leonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-12702051759860781442009-04-13T14:12:00.000-04:002009-04-13T14:12:00.000-04:00Ha ha ha.What you guys seem to miss time and time ...Ha ha ha.<BR/><BR/>What you guys seem to miss time and time again is that NEW seats are needed for charter school students.<BR/><BR/>It's not as if charter school kids are bussed in from another state, they are simply kids not attending their zoned school. <BR/><BR/>Simple math. Kid leaves seat empty by not attending zoned school. Same kid sits in seat in charter school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com